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Version 2.32 °°°°°°°°°° °° °° °°
(C)Copyright 1987-2006 PC Micro Systems, Inc. and Marshall Dudley.
The following 29 files are included in the DOORWAY ver. 2.32 ZIP file:
ANSIPAT.DOC The documentation for ANSIPAT.EXE.
ANSIPAT.EXE A program which patches ANSI.SYS to make it
issue line feeds when it reaches the bottom of
the screen. For DOS prior to Version 5 only.
COMMAND.COM A freeware replacement for the DOS COMMAND.COM
which works well under Windows.
CONFIG.HLP The help file for DWHOST during configuration.
DOORSYS.DOC Documentation on both DOORWAY DOOR.SYS file
and the "Standard" one.
DOORWAY.DOC This file. Main documentation for DOORWAY.
DOORWAY.EXE The DOORWAY executable file.
DROPMENU A menu for the DROP to DOS which allows
selection of either 24 or 25 line COM
programs. Place a /I:DROPMENU in the DOORWAY
command line to use.
DWCOMM.DOC The documentation for using DWCOMM.
DWCOMM.EXE A simple com program to use as the remote for
a DOORWAY session.
DWCONFIG.EXE A program which will produce a configuration
file for DOORWAY. To use the configuration
file place a DOORWAY.CFG in place of the
switches. ie. DOORWAY COM1 DOORWAY.CFG.
DWHOST.COM A HOST program which will answer the phone,
and pass control to DOORWAY. Set up with
DOORWAY to answer phone and allow drop to DOS
remotely.
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DWHOST.DOC The documentation file for DWHOST.
DWHOST.OVR The overlay file for DWHOST.EXE.
DWREDIR.COM Program to allow you to turn DOORWAY
redirection on and off.
DWREDIR.DOC Documentation on using DWREDIR.
DWXFER.EXE A transfer protocol which works under DOORWAY
in DOS.
DWXFER.DOC The documentation for DWXFER.
DWR.BAT A batch file to use DSZ's ZMODEM to receive
files.
DWS.BAT A batch file to use DSZ's ZMODEM to send
files.
GIVESCAN.EXE An executable which will give the scan codes
for extended keys. This is handy for defining
extended key entries for the carrier loss
terminate sequence.
HOST.BAT A batch file to bring up the HOST, for remote
access.
INSTALL.EXE An installation program to install DOORWAY
for remote access, using DWHOST.
README.1ST A short note for those who are simply wanting
to implement a remote capability with DWHOST.
SEND.DOC The documentation for SEND.EXE.
SEND.EXE A program to send a text file out the modem
under DOORWAY, and pause at the end of each
screen.
WHATS.NEW What's new since version 2.12.
XTABLE.DOC Documentation for XTABLE.EXE.
XTABLE.EXE A program to make key translation tables.
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PREFACE
DOORWAY is a software program which allows remote control of a
computer via a modem or telnet connection. It also allows almost
any DOS program to be run as a door for bulletin board systems.
Bulletin boards can utilize DOORWAY to transform normal programs
into "DOORS", and anyone can use DOORWAY as a remote utility.
As a remote utility, DOORWAY will allow you to control a distant
computer via modem or telnet connection, as if you were there.
DOORWAY will redirect all console programs on the host computer.
DOORWAY shells to the program to run, or shells COMMAND.COM, when
used as a remote utility. DOORWAY then translates and redirects
all video to the required COM port and all COM port inputs to the
keyboard buffer. BIOS interrupts or screen RAM comparisons are
used, so that programs, which DOS CTTY cannot redirect, can still
be used. The HOST's keyboard is active so that the SYSOP (or
person on the HOST end) can aid a REMOTE user, and the SYSOP
(bulletin board SYStem OPerator) can monitor what the REMOTE user
is doing. COMMAND.COM is not loaded by DOORWAY unless
specifically instructed to do so by the HOST setup; therefore, a
user cannot break a program and get to DOS. If the user exits or
breaks the program, he will simply return to DOORWAY, which will
return to the bulletin board (or HOST program) after resetting
all vectors, including any the application program may have
changed.
Doorway monitors Carrier Detect, and after displaying a message
that carrier was lost, returns to the bulletin board or HOST. It
monitors the input character string and traps any character(s)
the SYSOP wants trapped (such as ^C). DOORWAY can also abort a
program with any character(s) the SYSOP has defined, thus making
it possible to run UNBREAKABLE programs, such as many commercial
games (check with the game publisher to verify this is not in
violation of their copyright).
The keyboard time and user's time are monitored, and if either
expires, DOORWAY will return to the board (or HOST). Keyboard
expiration time is settable, but defaults to 255 seconds (4
minutes 15 seconds). See section 3 for more information. The
keyboard timeout is reset on both the com port and the bulletin
board's keyboard, so characters entered at either will reset the
timer. It can also be reset by video updates. If you set up
DOORWAY to use PCBOARD.SYS or DOOR.SYS, the user time will be
computed from what time he has left, unless overridden by a
command line switch.
Full ANSI GRAPHICS are supported, but if your program doesn't
need it, DOORWAY will work just fine in NON-ANSI mode. DOORWAY
also allows the REMOTE user to send all the extended keyboard
codes, such as the cursor, ALT and FUNCTION keys.
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CONTENTS
1. QUICK START . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
A. A Quick DROP to DOS Implementation . . . . . 1
B. A Quick DOORS Implementation . . . . . . . . 1
2. FILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
A. The INITIAL WELCOME File . . . . . . . . . . 3
B. The APPLICATION PROGRAM . . . . . . . . . . 6
C. The EXIT MESSAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
D. The TRANSLATION TABLE . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3. INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
A. The Batch File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
B. Quick Switch Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
C. Detailed Switch Definitions . . . . . . . . 9
/A: Alarm (bell) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
/B: /B:X, /B:M, /B:MS, /B:Z, /B:A . . . . . 9
/C:DOS or /C:VIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
/D: Disable Disk writes . . . . . . . . . . 11
/E: Name of the EXIT MESSAGE file . . . . . 11
/F: Fast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
/G: ANSI GRAPHICs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
/H: Halt shells to DOS . . . . . . . . . . . 12
/I: Name of the WELCOME MESSAGE file . . . . 12
/J: Scroll threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
/K: KEYBOARD TIMEOUT TIMER . . . . . . . . . 12
/L: Add line feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
/M: Maximum time allowed . . . . . . . . . . 14
/N: NETWORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
/O: Override the DOORWAY title screen . . . 14
/P: The program name . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
/Q: Quick Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
/R: RETURN (abort) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
/RB REBOOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
/S: Where to look for .SYS file . . . . . . 15
/T: TRAP Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
/U: Get shadow buffer from multi-tasker . . 16
/V: Video mode, Direct or BIOS . . . . . . 16
/W: Pause at program termination . . . . . . 17
/X: Load and use a translation table . . . . 17
/Y: Printer trapping/redirection . . . . . . 18
/Z: Use a custom exit message . . . . . . . 18
/19: Use the DOS interrupt 19 for rebooting 18
/80: Force 80 column mode . . . . . . . . . 18
4. RECOMMENDED STARTING SETTINGS . . . . . . . . 19
5. MULTITASKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6. EXTENDED KEYBOARD CODE SUPPORT . . . . . . . . 20
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7. DROP TO DOS OR REMOTE CAPABILITY . . . . . . . 20
8. USER ABORTS AND LOST CARRIERS . . . . . . . . . 22
9. REGISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
10. ORDER BLANK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
11. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS . . . . . . . . . . . 27
APPENDIX A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
APPENDIX B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
APPENDIX C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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1. QUICK START
A. A Quick DROP to DOS Implementation
For the easiest quick start run the INSTALL
program. It will set up the HOST for remote access
automatically. Once you run this program simply
type HOST to bring up the host program via the
HOST.BAT file.
If you are using a bulletin board program or
another host program then set up your HOST to call
a batch file. The HOST can be almost any
communications program set up in HOST mode, or a
full blown BBS program set up for remote (see its
documentation on how to implement host or remote
mode). Use the following line for the batch file
it calls:
DOORWAY COM1 /S:* /G:ON /V:B^U /M:1000 /B:MSZ /C:DOS
This line tells DOORWAY to redirect to COM1, not to
look for any user specific files (/S:*), turn on
graphics (and cursor control) (/G:ON), use BIOS
redirection but allow remote user to switch to
DIRECT SCREEN mode with a control "U", allow the
user 1000 minutes in DOS (/M:1000), and to load
COMMAND.COM and shell to DOS (/C:DOS).
The /B:MSZ deals with the bottom line, and for best
results, one or more of the letters after the colon
may be left out. Results will depend on the remote
communication package, and whether it is set up for
24 line (with a status line) mode, or 25 line mode.
See the section on the /B: switch for more
information. Remove this switch entirely if you
are using the included DWCOMM.
B. A Quick DOORS Implementation
A quick start on a DOOR for a bulletin board system
can be a little more complicated. One of the
following may be used to implement a DOOR:
i. For PCBOARD or a system which generates the
PCBOARD.SYS file and does NOT use direct
screen writes (does not write directly to
screen RAM):
DOORWAY COM1 /S:C:\PCB /B:MZ /P:PROGRAM.EXT
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ii. For same as above but DOES use direct screen
writes:
DOORWAY COM1 /S:C:\PCB /B:MZ /V:D /P:PROGRAM.EXT
iii. For a system which generates DOOR.SYS file and
does NOT use direct screen writes:
DOORWAY SYS /B:MZ /P:PROGRAM.EXT
iv. For a system which generates a DOOR.SYS file
and uses direct screen writes:
DOORWAY SYS /B:MZ /V:D /P:PROGRAM.EXT
See section 3 for details on batch file 'switches'.
The PROGRAM.EXT is the name of the program to put in a
"DOOR". The extension MUST be given, and any parameters
to be passed to it must follow the filename on the
command line. If the program is in a different
subdirectory than the presently logged drive, then the
program should be preceded by the path to the program
to be executed. Also if the program is going to look
in its own subdirectory for any of its files, you may
need to put a /CD on the command line to tell DOORWAY
to log into the program's subdirectory before shelling
it. DO NOT FOLLOW THE /CD WITH A PATH, the path will be
obtained from the /P: switch.
If the program requires cursor positioning, and/or
colors for proper operation a "/G:ON" needs to be added
in front of the /P: switch to force graphics on if in
BIOS mode.
If line feeds are being missed in BIOS mode, then
either add a /L:, use ANSI.COM from PC MAGAZINE
utilities, or use ANSIPAT.EXE on your ANSI.SYS. DOS 5
ANSI.SYS does not require any of these measures.
2. FILES
Upon initialization, DOORWAY looks for several
files: The INITIAL WELCOME, the APPLICATION
PROGRAM, the EXIT MESSAGE or a TRANSLATION TABLE.
The INITIAL WELCOME and EXIT MESSAGE are simply
ASCII (or ANSI) files, and the PROGRAM can be
either a .COM or .EXE program (for a .BAT program
the /C:VIA switch must be added). The TRANSLATION
TABLE is generated by the XTABLE.EXE program
provided with DOORWAY. See the XTABLE.DOC file for
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more information. If the INITIAL WELCOME or EXIT
message has ANSI codes in it, they will be
displayed properly on the HOST and REMOTE ends.
A. The INITIAL WELCOME File
This ASCII or ANSI file informs the user of the
PROGRAM about to be executed and nay setup
requirements; such as set NUMLOC key and/or have
ANSI graphics installed. If any line is started
with a $:, then that line will be printed (without
the "$:") and a "Y", "N" or [CR] must be entered
before the output will continue. This allows the
screen display to be paused with a statement such
as:
$:ENTER CARRIAGE RETURN TO CONTINUE; N TO QUIT
NOTE: The $: must be preceded by a CRLF sequence.
ANSI editors generally do not use the CRLF
sequence. If necessary use an ASCII editor to add
the CR/LF sequence to your ansi screen prior this
code.
If the user enters a [CR] or [Y] to the prompt,
DOORWAY will run the application program; but if
(s)he enters an [N], DOORWAY will return to the
Bulletin Board or HOST.
The initial welcome can be made into a menu. This
is similar to the monitor function seen on RBBS's.
When DOORWAY is executed, a menu can be displayed
for selection of action to be taken; ie. Run a
program, DROP TO DOS, etc. The user enters a
number from 0 to 9 or character from A to Z and the
program selected is loaded and run. When aborted,
DOORWAY returns to the menu, to let the user select
another door if desired. To exit the menu, the
user enters either a number or letter which is not
defined (such as a [Q]). An @NAME@ and @TIME@ will
substitute the user name and time (Capital letters,
must be used.
Example:
The batch file:
doorway com1 /r:^k /g:on /i:menu
The following page shows the actual text of the
welcome file with the filename of "MENU".
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The WELCOME FILE (MENU):
Welcome to Data World BBS's games doors. Select
from one of the following doors. When through, you
will return to this menu. To end this doors
session, type either 'E', 'Q' or selection 5.
1. Eatumup. A color graphic monster maze game
(you need ANSI).
2. 4inarow. Like Orthello. Can you beat the
computer (ANSI).
3. Big Rig. Drive a truck across the country
(ANSI).
4. Guessit. Let the computer guess something
about you.
5. The financial menu.
6. Return to the HOST.
M:Please enter your selection (1-6):
/p:eatumup.exe
/t:^C /p:4inarow.exe
/t:^C /r:^x /p:bigrig.exe
/g:off /p:guessit.exe
/i:FMENU
Please note that the M:...., and switches must
start on the left margin (preceded by CR/LF
sequence).
Note that you can chain menu's, so that one menu
calls another. When the program is exited, it will
return to the top level menu. For example, the
switch line containing: /I:FMENU will call up
another menu which will be presented exactly like
this one. See section XX for an example of FMENU.
The M: means that it is to stop and input a
selection number. The selection numbers start with
0 and runs 0-9, then A-Z. Since a blank line is
between the M: line and the first selection, the
menu in this case starts with 1.
The command line sets the defaults for ALL the
programs in the menu. Thus the graphics will be on,
and the ^K will cause an external abort in all the
programs, unless set differently. 4inarow will
also trap for , and Big Rig will also abort
with a . "GUESSIT" has the main command
line ANSI ON directive, overridden with the /G:OFF.
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The m:... may also be used. The "M:" and "m:"
behave differently on timeouts. The "M:" will
return to the menu if there is a keyboard or user
timeout, but the "m:" will return to the HOST. If
PCBOARD.SYS or DOOR.SYS is being read and using the
actual user's time, it is preferable to use the
small "m"; however if only 10 minutes in a door is
given, then the capital "M" would be more logical.
DOORWAY can also password protect any door, or the
drop to DOS. Create a welcome file, and on the
last line enter:
P:PASSWORD
For example:
Enter the password for exit to dos:
P:MONGOOSE
If this is in the INITIAL WELCOME file for your
DROP TO DOS, the user will see the first line,
prompting him for the password. When password is
entered, dots will echo keyboard entry. If the
password is entered correctly, the door, or DROP TO
DOS in this case, will be executed. Otherwise, he
will get a message that the password is wrong, and
he will be returned to the HOST. The password may
be either upper or lower case letters, as DOORWAY
doesn't differentiate between them.
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B. The APPLICATION PROGRAM
The application program can be virtually any .COM
or .EXE program. It can also be a .BAT file,
provided a /C:DOS is added to the DOORWAY command
line. Note that the name of the program to be run,
and the path, if not in the same directory as
DOORWAY, must be given EXTENSION and ALL. This is
because COMMAND.COM is not loaded for safety
reasons, and to conserve memory. Although the
SYSOP give the program name as "BASIC.EXE
APPLICATION", it is not recommended. If the user
was able to break the interpreted basic program, or
it were to abort on a critical error, the user
would be in the basic interpreter. Then, he could
do a shell command which loads COMMAND.COM, and be
in DOS. After checking out the BASIC program, then
by all means compile it so a break will return to
DOORWAY, which will in turn return control to the
HOST. If the program is being run from a different
directory than the logged directory, and looks for
any files in the logged directly, it may be
necessary to add a /CD to the DOORWAY command line
so the program's directory will be logged prior to
execution. If the appication program has a shell
to DOS capability be sure to put a /H: in the
DOORWAY command line to prevent them.
C. The EXIT MESSAGE
This is essentially the same as the INITIAL WELCOME
FILE message, but is typed after the application
program is run. The "$:" will wait after that line
is output, just as in the menu above, but any [Y]
or [N] responses will be ignored by DOORWAY.
D. The TRANSLATION TABLE
The Translation Table allow you to redefine
characters from the REMOTE. For more information
see XTABLE.DOC file.
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3. INSTALLATION
A. The Batch File
The batch file for DOORWAY to run a door should
look something like this:
DOORWAY COM1 /I:WEL /E:EXM /T:^C /R:^K /G:ON /S:\PCB /P:PROG.EXE
Or if you are using the configuration file:
DOORWAY COM1 DOORWAY.CFG
If you are using the configuration file, all
switches are identical to what is used on the
command line. Each switch must be on a seperate
line.
The COM (or PORT) selection must be the first
command line parameter (unless you are using the
DOOR.SYS file), and the program (or /C:DOS if a
drop to dos) must be the last, but all the other
switches can be in any order.
DOORWAY > The DOORWAY program
COM1 > The com port number. Can be COM1,
COM1:, COM2, COM2:, COM3, COM3:, COM4, COM4:,
PORT:AAAA:I, SYS, TBBS or LOCAL. Also each of
these possibilities can be followed by a "X"
or "F" or "D", as COM1F or SYSF. The COM will
be overridden and DOORWAY will run in local
mode if the board was signed on locally, and
PCBOARD.SYS or DOOR.SYS is found. The SYS
tells it to look for the file DOOR.SYS instead
of PCBOARD.SYS in its current directory. This
generic door interface file contains the
user's name, port number, time left and so
forth. For the actual construction of this SYS
file, look at the DOORSYS.DOC file included in
this package. DOORWAY will make use of a
short form DOOR.SYS or the "standard" DOOR.SYS
file created by GAP, Wildcat, PCBOARD and
other bulletin board packages. You can use
either of these formats, DOORWAY will
determine which it is automatically.
The additional COM3 and COM4 support allows
some COM ports, addressed as COM3 and COM4, to
be used with DOORWAY. The address of the UART
base address must be found in RAM at 40:4 and
40:6, for DOORWAY to find the ports. COM3
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will use interrupt 4 and COM4 will use
interrupt 3 (same as COM1 and COM2). If your
system doesn't map the addresses of the COM
ports into low memory, or the port uses other
than these interrupt requests, you will have
to give DOORWAY the actual address and IRQ of
the COM port. Use the PORT:AAAA:I, where AAAA
is 4 hexadecimal digits of the base address of
the port, and I is a hexadecimal digit
indicating the interrupt number. (ie.
PORT:03F8:4 = COM1). If you are reading the
DOOR.SYS file and using a non-standard port,
then you can use the SYS:AAAA:I format to
specify the address and IRQ.
If the additional parameter "F" is placed
after the COM or SYS, then this tells DOORWAY
to use a Fossil driver for it's
communications. If you are not familiar with
Fossil drivers, then do not use the "F"
parameter. The "D" is similar, and tells
DOORWAY to use the Digiboard calls if you are
using a Digiboard multiple com board.
Also if you place the additional parameter "X"
after the COM or SYS, DOORWAY will not do any
redirection, but will still monitor the
carrier and the keyboard and user time. This
is in case you have a program already written
as a door, but it doesn't monitor these things
properly. The "X" and "F" may both be used in
that order.
If you are using the SYS & have non-standard
com ports you can instruct DOORWAY where to
find the com port by following the sys with
the port address and irq (ie. SYS:03F8:4).
B. Quick Switch Summary
Switch definition operands
/A: ALARM (bell) ON/OFF
/B: BOTTOM LINE DIRECTIVES M/S/X/Z/A
Move, Scroll, eXclude, and no linewrap
/C: LOAD COMMAND.COM DOS/VIA
/CD CHANGE DIRECTORY INTO PROGRAM'S DIR [NONE]
/D: DISABLE DISK WRITES [NONE]
/E: EXIT MESSAGE FILENAME
/F: FAST [NONE]
/FC FORCE CARRIER fOR NULL MODEMS [NONE]
/G: GRAPHICS AND ANSI CONTROL ON/OFF
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/H: HALT SHELLS TO DOS [NONE]
/I: INITIAL WELCOME SCREEN (OR MENU) FILENAME
/J: SCROLL THRESHOLD THRESHLD
/K: KEYBOARD TIMEOUT SECONDS
/KBD Use Bios to insert keyboard chars. [NONE]
/KS Update keyboard status byte [NONE]
/L: ADD LINE FEED IF ANSI DIDN'T [NONE]
/M: MAXIMUM USER TIME MINUTES
/N: OPEN FILES WITH NETWORK SHARING [NONE]
/NCD NO NO-CARRIER DELAY [NONE]
/O: OPENING SCREEN OVERRIDE (T OVERRIDES DELAYS)T
/P: THE APPLICATION PROGRAM WITH EXT. PROG.EXT
/Q: TELL QUICKBASIC 4.0 REDIRECTION IS ON[NONE]
/R: CHARACTER TO RETURN TO HOST ON (BREAK PROG.)
CHAR.
/RB REBOOT ON CARRIER LOSS AND TIMEOUTS [NONE]
/S: WHERE DOOR.SYS or PCBOARD.SYS FILE IS LOCATED
SYS PATH/*
/T: CHARACTER TO TRAP FROM REMOTE CHAR.
/U: USE DESQVIEW (MULTITASKER) SHADOW BUFFERNONE
/V: VIDEO MODE, AND SWITCH D/B/CHAR
/W: WAIT AT END OF PROGRAM BEFORE CLS [NONE]
/X: USE THE TRANSLATION TABLE FILENAME
/Y: TRAP OR REDIRECT PRINTER OUTPUT NONE,FR
/Z: USE CUSTOM "RETURNING TO BOARD" STRINGFILENAME
/19 USE THE DOS INTERRUPT 19 FOR REBOOTING[NONE]
/80 LOCK HOST INTO 80 COLUMN MODE [NONE]
/450 Ignore 16550 or 16650, treat as 16450[NONE]
/* SEQUENCE TO SEND TO TERMINATE PROGRAMSTRING
C. Detailed Switch Definitions
/A: Alarm (bell) is enabled on the Board computer
if ON, disabled if OFF. If left out, the bell will
follow the ALARM setting of the PCBOARD.SYS or
DOOR.SYS. Default = OFF. ie. "/A:ON", will
override the PCBOARD.SYS or DOOR.SYS setting.
/B: /B:X, /B:M, /B:MS, /B:Z, /B:A. These codes
deal with line 25 of the display. If the
application program tries to position the cursor to
line 25, some modem programs, such as QMODEM,
ignore the request, since line 25 contains the
Modem's status information. This can be disastrous
for some programs which also write on this line,
since it will appear randomly on the user's screen.
The /B:X will simply not send any characters which
are on line 25, and the /B:M will move the
characters to the line above (line 24).
If things do not appear correctly when the cursor
gets to the bottom of the screen, try adding /B:M
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to the command line. Generally, you will want this
switch for a drop to dos function, if you are using
a com program which will not allow you to eliminate
the status line. However, if your com program
(Such as QMODEM 4.0) does allow you to eliminate
the status line, it is highly recommended to do so,
and not use a /B:M.
DOORWAY will send a sequence which will position
the cursor at the bottom of the screen for both 24
and 25 line modem programs. For maximum
compatibility, it is highly recommended to put /B:M
or /B:MS in for ALL door programs, unless it
specifically causes a problem. Since line 24 and
25 will be going to line 24 if you do a /B:M, you
may need to put a /B:MS on a drop to dos and some
text programs. This tells DOORWAY to scroll the
screen when it moves the line from 25 to 24 (BIOS
mode only), if the last line written was line 24.
Otherwise, you may find that line 24 gets
overwritten once, when text is being printed. If
you are using the /L: and /B:M, this will already
be taken care of by the /L: switch.
A "Z" can also be placed in this sequence. It
tells DOORWAY to NOT write the very last character
of the bottom line. Some programs will write a
character there, quite often a space, making the
remote's screen scroll, when it shouldn't.
Obviously, you will be missing a character on the
right of the screen if you do this, and a character
is supposed to go there. If the comm program on
the remote end scrolls when the bottom right
character is written, then it will be absolutely
necessary to use the "Z".
The "A" parameter senses the correct number of
lines on the remote. It can be used in conjunction
with the other switches, which become defaults if
Doorway is unable to sense the number of lines.
Doorway will also sense if the "Z" parameter is
needed when the "A" parameter is used.
The /B: switch can be eliminated entirely if you
are using DWCOMM on the remote end, as DOORWAY
senses DWCOMM and will configure properly for
maximum compatibility and capability.
/C:DOS or /C:VIA. The /C: will cause COMMAND.COM
to be loaded. The /C:DOS will then exit to DOS and
allow you to perform DOS functions over the modem
for remote computing. Enter "EXIT" to return to
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the HOST. You do not need to be in the same
directory where the DROP TO DOS occured before
exiting from DOS. The VIA function will load the
program (or batch file) which follows the /P:
parameter via COMMAND.COM. If you load via
COMMAND.COM, then path searching will be supported
and the path and extension of program name need not
be given. Obviously, the DOS function is not for a
door at all, but for a REMOTE drop to DOS function.
You can do a DOORWAY .... /C:DOS, either in a high
security door, or in the REMOTE batch file for
REMOTE DROP TO DOS.
/CD Change Directory into the directory that the
program is in. If DOORWAY is being run from one
directory and the program being shelled is run from
another directory, the program may be unable to
find some of it's files. Use this switch to tell
DOORWAY to change directories into the directory
the program is in prior to executing the program,
and then change back when execution is complete.
IMPORTANT: The path goes on the /P: parameter, not
on the /CD switch.
/D: Disable Disk writes. This switch will
intercept all DOS calls and not allow disk writes
to take place. This can be handy for a program
like a game which insists on writing a score file.
It may cause problems for programs which require
writing to disk to run.
/E: Name of the EXIT MESSAGE file. No message if
left out. If graphics are ON, will search for the
file with an .ANS extension and use it if found.
See earlier section on the EXIT MESSAGE.
/F: Fast. Functional only if Graphics is 'ON' and
in non-direct (BIOS) screen mode. Some programs
move the cursor all over the place between
characters written, (Quick Basic compilers tend to
do this). Each new locate of the cursor normally
generates an 8 character ANSI sequence to send out
the modem. For some games, this unnecessarily
slows down the action. The /F: will not send ANY
ANSI sequences on a cursor locate until a character
is ready to be written. However, since cursor
relocates are not done until a character is to be
written, this gives the strange effect of not
seeing a Carriage Return have any effect until a
printable character is sent to the modem. It also
has the strange effect of having the cursor one
right of where you would expect, if you enter
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backspaces over something. There are very few
cases where this switch should be used, if in
doubt, leave it out.
/FC: Force carrier detect. This is for use with
Null modems cables. It will not detect a carrier
loss if used.
/G: ANSI GRAPHICs enabled if ON, disabled if OFF,
AUTO if A. If left out, it will be as defined in
the PCBOARD.SYS, or DOOR.SYS file. Default is AUTO,
which asks the remote if it can support ANSI, and
configures automatically. Forced on automatically
if DIRECT SCREEN is ON. (See /V switch)
/H: Halt shells to DOS. You may want to put a
program into a door which allows the user to shell
to dos (such as LIST).
This switch will prevent the program from doing a
shell to DOS. Since a program may do a shell in a
non-standard way, be sure to verify this is
operational with any program before making it
available to general users. If the alarm is "on"
DOORWAY will beep the HOST if anyone tries to shell
DOS. Never put in with a /C:DOS or the operation
will fail with an access denied error.
/I: Name of the WELCOME MESSAGE file. No message if
left out. If there are two files with the same name
but one of them has the extension of ANS, the ANS
(ANSI GRAPHICS) version will be used if graphics is
on. See previous section on INITIAL WELCOME.
/J: Scroll threshold. It is normally not required.
When direct screen writes are turned on, scrolling
of the remote screen is determined by how many more
lines match the HOST screen if the screen is
scrolled than if it is not. The default threshold
is 5, and if you set 25 or more, then the remote
will never scroll.
/K: KEYBOARD TIMEOUT TIMER. The /K: will accept a
number between 0 and 65,535 to define how long,
after the last character was received from the
remote or local keyboard, to wait before
terminating the door and returning to the board.
The /K:0 is a special case which will override
keyboard timeouts totally, (recommended for drop to
dos). Also, an operand of "V" will reset the
keyboard timer on each character which is sent out
the port. This is useful if you have a door which
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sends out 10 minutes of text with no keyboard input
required. The user would otherwise be kicked out of
the door after about 4 minutes, since he hadn't
entered anything. Do not use a /K:V on something
like eatumup though, since the continuous movement
of the monsters will keep the keyboard from timing
out. A /K:100V will give a 100 second timeout, and
reset the timer on video.
/KBD Use the BIOS insert character into keyboard
buffer call instead of maintaining seperate
keyboard buffer. Do not use unless necessary to
get the remote keyboard buffer to work. Will not
work under multitaskers, which will always
interpret input as being from the foreground. Also
programs which require an INT 9 to "wake up" such
as DOS EDIT will not work with this switch. It is
however necessary for many emulators, such as 3270
and erma emulators.
/KS Update keyboard status. When a character is
received, toggle the appropriate keyboard status
bits so that it appears that the ALT, CRTL or Shift
keys have been pressed. This is for programs which
will not respond to an ALT character in the buffer
unless it also detects the ALT key being pressed.
You may have to tell your multitasker to maintain
seperate shift states when this switch is used to
prevent Doorway in the background from interferring
with what you are typing in the foreground.
/L: Add line feeds when cursor is positioned at the
bottom of the screen. Various ANSI.SYS's handle
the scroll differently when they get to the bottom
of the screen. Some do not do a BIOS scroll, but
do the scroll directly without doing a BIOS
interrupt. Thus, if you do a DIR in DOS, it will
work until you get to the bottom of the screen;
then, all further lines will overwrite the bottom
line. The /L: will check for the cursor being
addressed at the start of the bottom line and add a
Line Feed, if it is there. If you have an ANSI.SYS
which does the BIOS call, you will get double line
feeds if you add this switch. Another way of fixing
this is to use a different ANSI.SYS, or try the
ANSIPAT patch on your ANSI.SYS. It should work on
most MSDOS's. It is recommended to use the
ANSIPAT, if it will work, and leave this switch
out. DOS 5 ANSI does not require any patching.
ANSI.COM from PC Magazine is another very good
alternative that does not need patching and is
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highly recommended. It is not necessary to use
this switch in direct screen mode.
/M: Maximum time allowed. This will override the
time computed from the PCBOARD.SYS or DOOR.SYS
file. It is in minutes and has a maximum value of
32766 minutes. A time of 32767 minutes is entered,
it will override timeouts completely. Default is
10 minutes. Negative values will cause an
immediate abort.
NOTE:
This is functional on registered versions
ONLY! The demo version will always default to
10 minutes.
/N: NETWORK. If the /N: switch is set, all files
will be opened network compatible. Both the
INITIAL WELCOME, and EXIT MESSAGE will be opened
share compatible, and if the program being shelled
opens a file, DOORWAY will change its open command
to a share compatible "Allow read - deny write"
open command. Note that the PCBOARD.SYS/DOOR.SYS
file is closed immediately after reading it, so
there is no problem accessing these from the
program being shelled. COMMAND.COM often has a
problem with this switch, so if you experience
lock-up's on drop to DOS, try eliminating this
switch.
/NCD No delay on carrier loss. This is used for
direct connects (NULL modem) where a 1 to 2 second
DTR drop must terminate the application.
/O: Override the DOORWAY title screen. This can
ONLY be done after registering your copy of
DOORWAY. When this switch is used a short
introduction screen will still give the user name
and time. A /O:T will also eliminate the delays
associated with the opening screen (recommended for
drop to dos). See REGISTRATION below.
/P: The program name with the extension and path if
not in the default directory. This MUST be the
last switch on the command line. Anything
following the program name will be passed to the
program as a command line parameter for that
program. This is not used for a /C:DOS switch.
The path to the program can precede the program
name if necessary. If the program is a batch file
then a /C:VIA must be used to load the command
interpreter.
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/Q: Quick Basic. This switch tells DOORWAY that
the program being shelled is a Quick Basic ver. 4.0
program. Doorway will intercept the DOS calls and
tell the program that its output is to be
redirected. Without this switch, these programs
will do direct screen writes. If a program will
not send characters out the com port under DOORWAY,
but can be redirected by CTTY, Gateway or the ">"
symbol, then this switch may allow DOORWAY to
redirect it as well. Note that a program expecting
redirected output may not send things like colors,
and cursor relocations. Do not use this switch
with a drop to dos, as COMMAND.COM will not operate
properly. You may want to experiment with each
program and determine if performance is better in
direct screen write mode (/V:D), or with this
switch. It is recommended that programs compiled
with QB 4.5 or later use the /V:D switch instead
due to problems in the QB compiler when redirected.
/R: RETURN (abort). Each of these defines one
character with which to abort the program. The
character, with which to abort, will be the control
equivalent if preceded by a "^", such as a ^C, for
an ASCII 3. If the user enters the control
character, the sysop will see "EXTERNAL USER ABORT"
displayed. If the Sysop enters the return
character, then the user and Sysop will receive a
message which says, "THE SYSOP HAS REQUESTED YOU TO
RETURN TO THE BOARD", and the program will be
aborted.
/RB REBOOT. If you use this switch then the HOST
computer will reboot instead of breaking the
application program on carrier loss and timeouts.
/S: Where to look for .SYS file. ie. \PCB\ or
C:\WC30. Doorway can tell if the PCBOARD.SYS is
version 11-12 or version 14, and will read and
interpret each properly without being told. If left
out, then it will look in the same directory that
DOORWAY is in. If not found, then the Graphics,
Alarm, User time and User name settings will
default to their "DEFAULT" settings. Thus, this
program is compatible with RBBS, WILDCAT, GT, OPUS,
RYBBS, QBBS, FORUM and GENESIS as well. For those
of you who are running other than PCBoard the
search for a .SYS file can be totally over-ridden.
Entering an /s:* on the command line and the delays
associated with looking for PCBOARD.SYS or DOOR.SYS
and displaying the "NOT FOUND" message will no
longer occur. In order to reliably run on RBBS,
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you must set RBBS up to continue its batch file and
not shell for doors. DOORWAY can also look for a
generic DOOR.SYS file instead of PCBOARD.SYS by
placing a "SYS" where the com port normally goes in
the command line.
/T: TRAP Characters. Each of these defines a
character to trap out of the input. If there is a
^ in front of the character, it will look for that
control character. A ^@ will trap all extended
codes. Multiple characters can be trapped (ie.
/T:^C^K).
/U: Get shadow buffer from multi-tasker. This is
primarily used for multi-taskers such as Desqview.
If Desqview 386 is mapping background video to
addresses other than the normal video card, this
switch may be necessary. Usually you will need to
either select virtualize video in DV 386, or use
this switch. Using both will cause problems. If
you are not using a multitasker such as Desqview,
do not use this switch!
/V: Video mode, Direct or BIOS. Instead of
redirecting the BIOS calls for VIDEO, this will
tell DOORWAY to check the Host's screen against an
image DOORWAY maintains. When it sees a
difference, it will send it out the modem. A /V:D
will put it in direct screen mode, a /V:B (the
default) in BIOS call mode. You can add an
additional character to allow switching between
modes, such as: /V:D^U will start out in direct
screen mode, but allow you to toggle between modes
with a control U (on remote end only). A screen
redraw can be accomplished by switching to BIOS and
back to DIRECT. It is highly recommended NOT to
use anything other than a 25 line mode on the com
end for this, on a DROP TO DOS. A /B:Z will be
necessary, if your com program doesn't support mode
setting via ANSI. Otherwise, the remote screen
will scroll when the cursor reaches the bottom
right of the screen, and the remote end will get
very messed up. When a large portion of the screen
has changed, DOORWAY checks to see if the screen
scrolled, and if it did, sends a scroll to the
remote. DOORWAY will check for up to 5 scrolls. If
the HOST gets more than 5 scrolls ahead of the
remote, then DOORWAY will start rewriting the
screen. If this happens, you may want to enter a
^S (for such things as a dir in DOS), and let the
remote catch up with the HOST, so they can get
resynced. It is unlikely this will be necessary
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unless the HOST is a very fast computer and the
modem is operating at a low baud rate (Enter a ^Q
to restart).
Redirection of the Host's screen occurs when there
are keyboard or timer interrupts. Thus the remote
will be updated as quickly as possible when the
program is waiting for a keyboard interrupt, and
will still redirect, although more slowly, when not
checking keyboard interrupts.
/W: Pause at program termination. If you put in the
/W: switch, it will pause at the completion of a
program. It will not pause if there is a carrier
loss, or if the program was terminated by the
Sysop. (Sysop has requested that you return to
BOARD).
/X: Load and use a translation table. The
translation table can be generated and modified by
using the included XTABLE.EXE program. Additional
information can be found in the translation table
documentation included in this ZIP. The
translation table allows redefining any and all
keys from the remote to the host. Thus, if a
program requires entering an [F10] to exit, you can
remap it to say a ^Q (control Q). Some programs
such as QEDIT use both the character and the scan
code for proper operation. DOORWAY now supplies
scan codes to the HOST's program. For instance,
entering the ESC key will put QEDIT into command
mode, but entering a ^[ or ALT 27 will instead
cause an escape character (back arrow) to be sent
to the text file.
Of course, if an ESC character is received over the
modem, there is no way to tell which of these 3
methods were used to generate the ESCAPE. DOORWAY
has a default set of scan codes, so when it sees an
ESC, it tells QEDIT the ESC key was pressed. If
you want it to tell QEDIT that a ^[ was pushed,
then remap the ESC or some other key to a ^[ ESCAPE
with XTABLE.EXE. Several other keys are handled
differently, most notably, the two sets of numbers
(DOORWAY defaults to the ones at the top of the
keyboard), and the two "-" and "+" signs (DOORWAY
defaults to the white ones). For more information
on XTABLE, see the XTABLE.DOC file. If you are
running out of room on the command line (DOS only
lets you put 127 characters on a line), you can
eliminate the colons after the switches. It makes
reading the line more difficult, so it is not
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recommended to leave them out unless you really
need the space.
/Y: Printer trapping/redirection. If a /Y: is
placed on the DOORWAY command line, then any output
to the printer will be discarded. If a /Y:R is
place on the command line, and DWCOMM or another
com program which supports printer redirection is
used on the remote end, the printer will be
redirected over the modem to DWCOMM to either print
or save to a file. If /Y:FR (Force Remote) is
used, then Doorway will redirect the printer, even
if it is unable to verify that the remote can
support it. Of course if the remote cannot support
redirection, then it can create a real mess on the
remote.
In addition, if a /Y:1 is used, then lpt1 will be
redirected to the remote, but lpt2 and lpt3 will
still go to the host printer. /Y:2 and /Y:3 work
similarly for redirecting only lpt2 or lpt3.
/Z: Use a custom exit message instead of "RETURNING
TO BOARD". Thus /Z:EXITM will substitute the ASCII
text in the file EXITM for the normal returning
message. Only one line of information will be
transmitted. For a long message, use the /E:
capability. You can personalize this so it says:
RETURNING TO DATA WORLD BBS, or CONTINUING TO THE
NEXT STEP in a multi door batch file.
/19: Use the DOS interrupt 19 for rebooting if a
reboot is ever necessary. DO NOT USE THIS SWITCH
FOR NORMAL DOS SYSTEMS. DOS will usually lock up
with this interrupt. However, under NTNX, Desqview
and other multi-taskers, this switch is necessary
for proper operation under a reboot condition.
/80: Force 80 column mode. This will force an
application program to stay in 80 column mode. The
primary purpose of this is to avoid a bug in some
versions of Desqview 386, which causes problems if
a program writes to the screen in 40 column mode in
the background.
/450 Do not enable buffers on 16550 or 16650 UARTS.
Treat as a 16450.
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/*: Use the following sequence to exit the program.
The sequence may include up to 16 characters,
control characters and extended key codes. For
control characters use the ^ in front of the
character. For extended codes precede the scan
code of the character with a @. Scan codes can be
obtained by running the included GIVESCAN.EXE
program. Please note that F2 and F4 scan codes are
the dos redirection symbols (< and >) and thus
CANNOT be put on the dos command line. If you must
use these symbols you will have to use the new
configuratoin file capability. Use DWCONFIG or a
plain text edirot to edit the configuration file.
4. RECOMMENDED STARTING SETTINGS
GENERAL PURPOSE DOORS
BIOS calls
/B:MSZ for text oriented (screen scrolls) like
adventure games
/B:MZ for screen oriented (no scrolls) like
EATUMUP
DIRECT SCREEN WRITES
(/Q: /B:MSZ) or (/Q /B:MZ) as above for QB 4.0 or
(/V:D /B:MZ) otherwise.
DROP TO DOS
BIOS CALLS /B:MSZ (IF USING 24 LINE COM
PROGRAM)
/B:Z (IF USING 25 LINE COM
PROGRAM)
[NONE] (25 LINE, AND DWCOMM)
DIRECT SCREEN WRITES
(/V:D /B:Z) or /V:D (DEPENDING ON COM PROG)
5. MULTITASKING
DOORWAY now supports Desqview and other multi-Tasking
environments. You need not even inform DOORWAY about
the Multitasker. In some cases, primarily on non-386
computers, you may be unable to use direct screen
mode with multitaskers.
The multitasker should be set up to run in
background, and to not allow swapping of programs.
Either virtualize video should be set to TRUE or the
DOORWAY /U switch should be used, but not both.
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6. EXTENDED KEYBOARD CODE SUPPORT
DOORWAY supports all extended character codes! This
allows you to send it the Function keys, Cursor keys,
and ALT functions. Undefined codes and the Ctrl
PrtSc code are trapped from going to the program,
since some undefined codes can crash the system. If
you want to override all extended codes, then enter a
/T:^@ on the command line, as this will then trap the
NULL character. At this time, there most modem
packages support extended keyboard codes. The
following table lists those which claim to have
DOORWAY capability. Most of the comm programs go
into DOORWAY mode by entering an ALT "=" (internal),
except for GT Power, which uses a CRTL DOWN Arrow.
If your favorite modem program doesn't support
extended key codes, you might mention this much
needed function to your modem software vendor!
DOORWAY also supports the enhanced keyboard. If the
com package is capable of sending the enhanced keys
from remote, then doorway will return them to the
program on the HOST if an enhanced keyboard call is
performed. Note that if the HOST does not have an
enhanced keyboard, any program on the HOST is highly
unlikely to ask for enhanced codes, and will
therefore not get them. Standard extended codes are
encoded as a NULL followed by the SCAN CODE. E0
enhanced extended codes are encoded as "NULL E0H
SCANCODE".
7. DROP TO DOS OR REMOTE CAPABILITY
Many people are now using DOORWAY for a remote DROP
TO DOS or REMOTE redirection program. This can be
done with the following command line for either your
drop to dos door or remote batch file:
DOORWAY COM1 /i:pword /g:on /a:on /m:100 /v:d^U /s:* /c:dos
I like to turn the alarm on, so if anyone gets into
DOS I will hear any beeps. You will need to use a
com program which supports 25 line mode. The above
also sets ANSI graphics on. The /m:100 gives 100
minutes in dos, and the /c:dos tells it to drop to
dos. The /i:pword allows password protection before
an exit to DOS is allowed, and may be left out if
desired. See the discussion on the password in the
INITIAL WELCOME discussion above. The /V:D^U puts it
in direct screen write mode, for compatibility with
virtually all programs, and the ^U allows toggling
between the modes, for a screen redraw if nothing
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else. You may need a /B:Z, depending on whether your
com program handles the "^[[7l" ansi sequence or not.
(If you see a "^[[?7l" or "^[[?7h" tell the author of
your com package). A /B:M will be needed, if you are
unable to eliminate the status line on the remote
end.
The reasons for using DOORWAY for your drop to dos
are many.
Here are a few of the more obvious ones:
CTTY DOORWAY
Redirects BIOS writes no yes
Redirects direct screen writes no yes
Generates ANSI codes no yes
Smart ANSI generation (clear EOL's) no yes
Allows external aborts no yes
Works with multi-taskers no yes
Allows function keys to be sent no yes
Allows cursor keys to be sent no yes
Allows keyboard redefinition no yes
Allows password protection no yes
Allows trapping of characters no yes
Monitors carrier no yes
Monitors user time no yes
Abort on keyboard timeouts no yes
Handles 24 line com programs no yes
Reads and uses pcboard.sys/DOOR.SYS no yes
Allows you to externally abort pgms. no yes
Gives 24 hours support via BBS no yes
Allows you to inhibit disk writes no yes
Supports Fossils no yes
With /V:D switch in the command line, the SETUP
program (for your BBS) can be run from remote if you
are using a modem package which supports the extended
key codes. The cursor, page up, and page down, and
function keys will all be handled as if entered on
the board keyboard. You can move around the pages,
and also enter the ALT F to find a string. In dos,
the F3 will repeat the last command and in EDLIN, you
can use the F3, cursor, ins, and delete keys, just as
you would at the main keyboard.
You will find you can do lots of things which CTTY
disallows.
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8. USER ABORTS AND LOST CARRIERS
If a user enters one of the characters following the
/R: in the DOORWAY command line, then the program
will abort. "EXTERNAL USER ABORT" will be displayed
on the Sysop's screen for a couple of seconds. Note
that if the user does an EXTERNAL ABORT when the
program is in a CRITICAL DOS function, the abort
could crash the system. Therefore, if a critical DOS
function is being performed, the abort will be
delayed (but remembered) until it is safe to abort.
If the user does an external abort during a drop to
DOS (REMOTE session), the function or program in
process will be aborted, and the user will be dropped
back to DOS, and the message "EXTERNAL ABORT IN DOS"
will appear on both ends.
If a carrier is lost, the program will abort, or if
in DOS an EXIT will be performed, and control will
return to the HOST program automatically. The
message "CARRIER LOST >>>>> RETURNING TO BOARD" will
flash up on the HOST's screen. If carrier is lost
during a critical DOS function, DOORWAY will attempt
to abort the program for 255 seconds. DOORWAY goes
to great lengths to abort a program which was
previously unbreakable. It will resort to hooking
the dos interrupts to gain control, and sending the
program carriage returns, ESC characters, and ^C's.
If unable to break the program for 255 seconds, then
the system will reboot. The only way I know for this
to happen, is if the program running under DOORWAY
hangs up, but timer ticks are still functioning. If
this happens, and the user hangs up, then the system
would be hung until the Sysop noticed it and
rebooted. Therefore, Doorway will reboot the system.
If a User or keyboard timeout occurs, then DOORWAY
will send the appropriate message and return to the
bulletin board or host. If a keyboard timeout occurs
in DOS (/C:DOS), then the bell will be rung, but it
will not return to the BBS.
If the program responds badly to being externally
aborted (leaves memory allocations, files areas
locked etc.), you can use the /*: switch to have
DOORWAY send the program an exit sequence for proper
closedown.
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9. REGISTRATION
This DOORWAY program is strictly a non-registered
demo version. The exact terms of this agreement are
given fully in APPENDIX 2, but the following is a
"plain english" condensation. This non-registered
version may be freely distributed and uploaded to
BBS's. It can be tested and used for one month.
After that date, the program may not be used, unless
it is registered. You may register it several ways.
DOORWAY can be registered on our web site:
https://pcmicro.com/doorway
Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express are
accepted.
Alternativly, you can order it my mail (using a check
written by a US or Canadian bank only, by filling out
the order form below and mailing both to the address
provided on the order form. You can also order it by
phone by calling 1-805-493-8388. This number is only
for orders or for pre-sales questions. For Technical
support please send an email to support@pcmicro.com
or you can fax us at 805-493-8318 (fax only).
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When you register, you will receive a Registration
number for your copy of DOORWAY. This number will be
valid for your board for all future versions of
DOORWAY program.
Defeating the registration, or distributing a
registered version of DOORWAY is illegal. Make sure
that any copies of DOORWAY you make available for
others are NON-REGISTERED!
Use of any programs intended to deny the publisher of
DOORWAY their legal compensation for use of DOORWAY is
illegal. Violators will be prosecuted and/or flogged.
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to
contact us:
PC Micro Systems, Inc.
https://pcmicro.com
support@pcmicro.com
sales@pcmicro.com
805-493-8388
The latest version can be downloaded and registered at
https://pcmicro.com/doorway
Once you have your registration number, go into the
subdirectory that DOORWAY is in and type "DOORWAY
REGISTER". DOORWAY will ask for your board name. It
must be entered EXACTLY as registered, including
spaces and any punctuation (although capital and
small letters can be interchanged) . Then, enter the
registration number you have gotten, and it will
automatically register the software to your board.
The operation of DOORWAY will change as follows when
registered:
UNREGISTERED REGISTERED
REGISTERED TO: [UNREGISTERED COPY!] YOUR BOARD NAME
Time in DOOR: 10 Minutes PER SYS file or /M:
Registration screen: Displayed to the Sysop Omitted
/O: option Not available Operational
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10. ORDER BLANK
DOORWAY REGISTRATION ORDER BLANK
Please fill out the following if you are
ordering DOORWAY registration by mail and enclose
with with a check, money order, or Credit Card
information:
Name__________________________ Voice Phone # (____)____-_________
Address _________________________________________________________
City, State Zip _________________________________________________
Email Address to send your license to: __________________________
Registration Name (Must be EXACTLY as you want it to
appear to your users - 60 chr. Max). This may be your name, your
company name, or a BBS name:
_________________________________________________________________
Revision of DOORWAY you presently have __2.32____
Credit Card number if using a Card _______________________________
Expiration Date on card __________________________________________
Signature if using a Card ________________________________________
Description
QTY Each Total
DOORWAY Registration for commercial use ___ $30.00 _______
DOORWAY Registration for personal/BBS use ___ $20.00 _______
Total _______
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Mail orders will receive a disk with the latest
released version of DOORWAY and your Registration
number by return mail. Note: checks drawn on Canadian
banks should be made out in US Dollars.
We cannot accept EUROCHECKS.
Send to: PC Micro Systems, Inc.
Attn: Doorway Registrations
1879 Campbell Ave.
Thousand Oaks, CA. 91360
Orders can also be accepted via email. Our address is
support@pcmicro.com. Since Internet email is not secure
secure, we do not suggest sending credit card numbers by
email. You can fax your credit card information to
805-493-8318, or use our secure web site shopping cart
at https://pcmicro.com/doorway/order/
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11. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q. I have typed DOORWAY LOCAL, but all it does is
print a screen of information and return to DOS.
A. DOORWAY is not a door itself. It turns other
programs into doors. Thus, unless you are using it
for a drop to dos, you will need a /P:FILENAME.EXT
as the last switch on the command line. For a drop
to dos you must have a /C:DOS switch.
Q. I am using DOORWAY for my remote drop to dos.
It seems to work fine, except when a directory gets
to the bottom line of the screen, one of the lines
gets overwritten. Also, back spaces do not work on
the bottom line, but become spaces.
A. You are using a communication program which
places a status line on the bottom line of the
screen. Therefore, attempts to address the cursor
on the bottom line are being ignored by your modem
software. This is not a DOORWAY problem, but
DOORWAY will solve it if you put a /B:MS switch in
the command line.
Q. DOORWAY used to work great for my compiled BASIC
programs. Now it won't send the characters any
more.
A. You have moved from QUICK BASIC 1, 2 or 3 to
QUICK BASIC 4, or Turbo Basic. The compilers have
quit using the MSDOS/IBM specifications for sending
characters to the screen. Instead of using DOS or
BIOS interrupts, they are writing to the screen
memory directly. Thus, it is impossible to
redirect by normal means. Either include the
(Q)uick Basic switch "/Q:" (this only works with
QBASIC version 4.0) in the command line, compile
with a pre-4 version of QUICK BASIC, or set up
DOORWAY to use the direct screen mode (/V:D).
Q. I am using DOORWAY for my remote drop to dos
also, but when it gets to the bottom of the screen
on a DIR listing, I don't get ANY more line feeds,
and all lines overwrite the previous lines on the
bottom.
A. There are several versions of ANSI.SYS. Some
are better behaved than others. Some of them do
NOT do a BIOS scroll when they get to the bottom,
but instead do a block move in video memory.
DOORWAY has no way of trapping this "blind scroll".
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Therefore, DOORWAY can be made to send a line feed
when it appears that a scroll was done. Just
insert a /L: in the command line to get it to
insert extra line feeds. If you put this switch in
and don't need it, you will get double line feeds
at the bottom. A better solution is to try the
ANSIPAT in this ZIP. It should work on most MSDOS's
which exhibit this problem. DOORWAY is compatible
with ANSI.COM, the PC magazine ANSI driver, and
this is a very good substitution.
Q. I can't seem to get DOORWAY to give me more than
10 minutes before it aborts.
A. Either you don't have a registered version or
else DOORWAY cannot find PCBOARD.SYS or DOOR.SYS,
and you have not defined a maximum time on the
command line with a /M:XXX (where XXX is the time
in minutes).
Q. DOORWAY seems to work fine, but when it is
through, the board doesn't come back up.
A. Check your Board documentation for how to
implement doors. For PCBOARD, you need to place
the line "BOARD" (or whatever you named the
board's batch file) after the "DOORWAY XXXXXX"
line, or select SHELL for the method of
implementation. This will be different for
different board softwares. See the example .BAT
files for guidance. For RBBS, it is not
recommended to shell to DOORWAY.
Q. DOORWAY seems to work from the board end, but
gives and receives no response from the modem.
A. Check that you have defined the correct COM:
port in the command line. Verify DOORWAY is reading
the correct .SYS file.
Q. When I run a particular program during my remote
drop to dos, it seems to hang up when I exit. If I
enter a character, I get a beep, and everything
starts working again. What is happening?
A. Your program is turning off the com port when it
exits. Doorway now monitors the com lines during
timer ticks. When a character is entered by the
user and not fetched for over .5 second, DOORWAY
will reopen the com port and send a beep.
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Q. When I run DOORWAY, many programs will not send
anything out the com port, but user entered
characters are received ok. What's the problem?
A. You are using an "ENHANCED" ANSI driver, such as
FANSI, NANSI, or ZANSI. These do direct screen
writes instead of BIOS calls, so DOORWAY never sees
the characters go to the screen. Replace the driver
with the ANSI driver which comes with DOS or
ANSI.COM from PC magazine. Also, the programs you
are running may be doing direct screen writes.
These can not be redirected normally. You may try
putting a "/Q:" in the command line to see if it
will support redirection of output, or set up
DOORWAY for direct screen write mode (/V:D).
Q. Why do you read everything from the command line
instead of from a config file like everyone else
does?
A. I have never liked to add a bunch of files for
any application. The config file would be different
for each door, and if you are using DOORWAY for 10
different doors, that would add 10 more files.
Also, when modifying a door, it is more confusing
to trace the names though different files to
determine which configuraton file should be
modified. Lastly, it takes time to load the
config. file, and as we all know, doors are slow
enough as it is.
Q. I am very confused on the order of the switches
in the DOORWAY command line.
A. There are only two things which have to be in
any particular place. The COM1, COM2, SYS, PORT,
TBBS or LOCAL must be the first item after DOORWAY,
and either /C:DOS or /P:FILENAME.EXT must be the
last switch on the command line.
Q. I am using DOORWAY in direct screen mode. When
the cursor gets to the bottom of the screen, the
screen gets really messed up. What can I do?
A. You either have a 24 line com program running,
or your com program isn't translating the "don't
wrap line" ansi sequence. Use a 25 line com
program and use a /B:Z or a version of the com
program which supports the ansi.
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Q. I have registered DOORWAY, and now I find a
later version on a local board. Do I have to
register it also to use it?
A. Your registration number is good for all future
versions of DOORWAY. Simply register it just like
you did your earlier version. If you have lost
your number, then type DOORWAY REGISTER on your
earlier version and it will give your board name
and registration number back to you. Be sure you
have your registration number before copying the
new version over the old!
Q. I registered DOORWAY some time ago. Now I
notice the price is higher for the new version with
direct screen write capability. I think it is well
worth it, but do I need to send the full $30 or
just the difference?
A. We have always said that if you register DOORWAY
all future versions are free. We stand behind our
word. You supported us when we had less to offer
and it is only fair for us to support you. There is
no additional charge.
Q. I just installed Windows95, and now all I get is
garbage on the remote.
A. This is a Windows 95 bug. Code has been added
to this version to avoid that problem. If you have
this problem, make sure you are running version
2.31 or later. If you still have the problem, call
tech support, a later release of Windows has likely
added another bug that we will have to correct.
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Q. I have had to change my board name. I have
already paid for DOORWAY but now it says
"REGISTERED TO:" my old board's name. What can I
do?
A. Once we verify that you have purchased a Doorway
license and that you have changed the name of your
BBS, you can get a new registration number for the
new name one time. The old name and registration
number will no longer be valid and it will be
illegal to use them. If you forsee that you may
change the name of the BBS, or you don't run a BBS,
then we recommend registering DOORWAY in your
personal name.
Q. I am running multi-nodes. Do I have to register
more than one copy?
A. If all nodes have the same board name, and are
at the same location, then one registration is
valid for up to 5 nodes (for personal use) or for
unlimited nodes for commercial use at one location.
If you are using the program for personal use
(not a BBS) then it can be placed on multiple
machines AS LONG AS NO MORE THAN ONE COPY HAS A
POSSIBILILITY OF BEING RUN AT ONCE. For instance,
you could put it on both your computer at work
and at home, so you can log in either way. This
does not mean that a company can have a copy on a
BBS and all the employees can take it home.
Q. When I try to use the cursor keys, function
keys, or ALT keys either nothing happens, or my
program exits. What switches do I need.
A. The problem is not with DOORWAY but whatever com
program you are calling in with. Check appendix B.
Although most IBM com programs can send the
function, ALT and cursor keys a few cannot. Those
that can may have to be switched into DOORWAY mode.
PROCOMM PLUS 2 must be installed for IBM PC
emulation, but will still not send the ALT keys.
Q. Why should I register DOORWAY?
A. The registered version allows unlimited time,
and includes some additional features. Also, by
supporting us we are able to develop more products
for the BBS community. The development of Doorway
has taken thousands of man-hours.
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Q. I can't seem to get DOORWAY to work with 4DOS.
What am I doing wrong?
A. Doorway will work fine with 4DOS, except 4DOS
will use the ^ as an end of line. Therefore, you
cannot use a ^ in the DOORWAY command line, or you
will need to set up 4DOS to use something other
than a ^ for this function. Most people
reconfigure 4DOS to use the ~ instead.
Q. How do I get DSZ to work under DOORWAY?
A. The problem with using DSZ under DOORWAY is that
the block transfer information, which DSZ writes to
the local screen on the HOST, is being sent out the
modem with the data, thus causing CRC errors. The
simple solution is to either upgrade version
12-14-92 or later of DSZ, or use the provided
DWS.BAT and DWR.BAT files, which will turn DOORWAY
redirection on and off.
Q. When I type DOORWAY REGISTER the computer locks
up. What am I doing wrong?
A. You probably have a memory resident program
which is not handling the keyboard interrupt
properly.
Q. Will DOORWAY work under PCMOS?
A. Starting with version 2.12, DOORWAY is PCMOS
aware, and will pass off to other partitions when
waiting for a character input.
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APPENDIX A
DOORWAY will return error codes when it exits. If
you use an ERRORLEVEL in the batch file, it can
determine the following reasons for the termination
of the DOORWAY door.
0 - Normal program termination (as far as DOORWAY is
concerned).
1 - External Abort, user entered character defined
by the /R:
2 - Carrier Lost
3 - Keyboard Timeout
4 - Time Limit Exceeded
5 - Reboot (you should never get this one)
6 - Local Abort, sysop entered the character defined
by the /R:
7 - File not found, one of the files were not found
by DOORWAY.
8 - Syntax Error
9 - DOS must be version 3.0 or later
10- reserved
11- Code is corrupted
12- Password failure
In addition, error codes returned by DOS and the
program will be returned in a file called
DWSHELL.ERR. The actual error code returned by DOS
or the program will be written in this log, and the
source will be identified as the program or DOS.
Because some com programs will not accept some
characters, or will mess up with some characters,
several characters have been translated by DOORWAY
before sending out the modem (when DWCOMM is NOT on
the remote end). These are: the little solid right
and left arrows get translated to a "<" and ">", the
ESC which shows up as a small left arrow gets
translated to a "<", and the form feed, which is a
circle with a + at the bottom gets translated to a
script "f".
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APPENDIX B
Many of the communications programs have added a
DOORWAY mode. The following lists the programs
which have the capability to send the
extended key codes, such as the Function Keys, Alt
keys, and cursor keys. Internal means that a simple
key entry will put the program into "DOORWAY" mode.
Comm. Program Implementation capability toggle first
version
QMODEM Internal total ALT "=" 3.1a
PIBTERM 5.0 Internal total definable 5.0
K9X Internal total ALT "O" 8.00.3
ZCOMM Internal total ALT "=" 17
TELIX Internal total ALT "=" 3.12
BOYAN 4.1 Internal total ALT "=" 4.1
GT Power Internal total ^ DN ARROW 15.5
COMMO Internal total ALT "=" ALL
JAXCOM Internal total default ALL
DWCOMM Internal total default ALL
PROCOMM Internal Partial * 2.00
COM-AND Key File total 2.38
CI LINK Internal total ALT "=" 2.13
RIPTERM Internal total ALT "=" 1.5
mTelnet Internal Partial ALT "=" 1.0-b12
*-PROCOMM PLUS 2.00 only allows the cursor and function keys to
be sent. The IBM-PC emulation must be selected.
* mTelnet (mTel) v1.0 (beta 12) has a known issue in which it
fails to position the cursor correctly in doorway mode when run
on a multi-threading processor.
At this time the latest versions of Dwcomm, QMODEM, RipTerm and
Commo support printer redirection as well.
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APPENDIX C
LICENSE AND EVALUATION AGREEMENT
READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE
AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE DOORWAY (TM) PROGRAM
DISKETTE, THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE THEREIN, AND THE ACCOMPANYING
USER DOCUMENTATION, IF ANY, (THE "PROGRAM"). THIS LICENSE
AGREEMENT REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE PROGRAM
BETWEEN YOU AND PC Micro Systems, Inc DBA PC MICRO (TM) (REFERRED
TO AS LICENSOR), AND IT SUPERSEDES ANY PRIOR PROPOSAL,
REPRESENTATION, OR UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE PARTIES. BY USING
THE DOORWAY (TM) PROGRAM, YOU ARE ACCEPTING AND AGREEING TO THE
TERMS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT.
IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF
THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT, YOU SHOULD NOT USE THE DOORWAY (TM)
PROGRAMING.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, PC Micro Systems, Inc. (hereinafter
"LICENSOR") doing business as PC Micro(TM) owns the rights to the
programming and software to be covered by the terms of this
agreement, and WHEREAS, the Program embodies and reflects
certain Trade Secrets and Copyrights of the LICENSOR, and
WHEREAS, you are interested in licensing computer software and
documentation having the general characteristics of the Program
and therefore desire to evaluate the Program for possible
registration; and WHEREAS, the LICENSOR has provided a
demonstration copy of the Program to you, for the sole purpose of
your conducting such evaluation under the terms, conditions and
limitations of this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
hereof, and the mutual promises and obligations herein, upon use
of the Program, you hereby agree to be bound as follows:
(1) LICENSE GRANT: The LICENSOR hereby grants
to you, and you accept upon first use, a non*exclusive
right to use the Doorway (TM) Program Diskette and
computer software contained therein in object-code
only form, and only as authorized by this agreement.
This Doorway (TM) Program is strictly a
non*registered, demonstration version. This
non*registered version may be freely distributed and
uploaded to BBS's subject to the herein proscribed time
limitations. From the date of first use by you of the
Doorway (TM) Software Program, you can use and test
the program for a single thirty (30) day time period.
Thirty (30) days after first use of the program, the
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program may not thereafter be used unless it has been
previously registered with the LICENSOR.
(2) Licensor's Rights: You acknowledge and
agree that the Program consists of proprietary,
unpublished products of LICENSOR, protected under
U.S. copyright law and trade secret laws of general
applicability. You further acknowledge and agree that
all right, title, and interest in and to the Program
are and shall remain with LICENSOR. This License
Agreement does not convey to you an interest in or to
the Program, revocable in accordance with the terms
of this License Agreement, but only a limited right of
use.
(3) Licensed "As Is" And Limitation Of
Warranties:
(a) The Program and software subject to this Agreement are
licensed to you "AS IS" and the Licensor disclaims any
and all warranties, whether disclaims any and all
warranties, whether express or implied, including
without limitation any implied warranties of
merchantability or of fitness for a particular
purpose.
(b) The Licensor and any of his associates shall not be liable
or responsible for any damages resulting to you or
others from your use of the Program. You assume full
responsibility for determining what use(s) the Program
serve(s), if any, and whether the Program meets your
requirements. The LICENSOR makes no representations
whatsoever concerning the performance, acceptability
and/or compatibility with your equipment and operation
of the Program provided.
(4) Limitation Of Damages
You agree that with respect to any claims of any
nature whatsoever that you or any other party may
have against LICENSOR resulting from use of the
Program, that LICENSOR shall be notified in
writing by you of the claim within 30 days of the
incident or occurrence giving rise to the claim,
mailed, by certified letter to:
PC Micro Systems, Inc.
1879 Campbell Ave.
Thousand Oaks, CA. 91360
You agree that in no event shall LICENSOR be liable
for any indirect, incidental, consequential,
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special, or exemplary damages or lost profits, even
if LICENSOR has been advised of the possibility of
such damages. You further agree that if for any
reason the LICENSOR is found to be liable to you as
a result of your use of the program and software,
that as partial consideration of the LICENSOR
granting you this license, you agree that
LICENSOR'S sole and exclusive cumulative liability
to you or others shall be no greater than the
amount of any registration fee paid by you. SOME
STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF
LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,
SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY
TO YOU.
(5) Proprietary Protection
(a) The Program is furnished to you
for the sole purpose of enabling you to determine
whether to register Program with the LICENSOR. You
shall use the Program solely for such purpose, and
shall not, without the prior written approval of
the LICENSOR, either allow any third party to use,
or yourself use, the Program for any other purpose
or for the benefit of any third party.
(b) This Agreement conveys to you only
a limited right of use, fully revocable in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Except for such right of use, you shall not assert
any right, title, or interest in or to the Program
or any pertinent documentation.
(c) The LICENSOR hereby represents, and
you hereby acknowledge, that the program and
software contain substantial Trade Secrets of the
LICENSOR; such Trade Secrets have been entrusted to
you for use only as expressly authorized under
this Agreement. Under no circumstances may you
decompile, reverse engineer, or "unlock" as the
term is generally used in the industry, the program
and software.
(d) LICENSOR claims and reserves to
itself all rights and benefits afforded under U.S.
copyright law and all international copyright
conventions in the Program and any pertinent
documentation as restricted, unpublished works, or
as copyrighted material, as the case may be.
(e) You shall devote your best
efforts, consistent with the practices and
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procedures under which you protect your
own most valuable proprietary information and
materials, to protect the Program and any pertinent
documentation against any unauthorized or unlawful
use or copying.
(f) You shall make no hard copies of
the Program, and may store in memory only so much
programming as authorized by the terms of this
agreement. Upon expiration of 30 days after your
first use of the program and software, you shall
permanently cease use of the program and software,
unless it has been registered pursuant to
provisions of this agreement.
(6) Registration: You agree that after
using the program and software provided for thirty
(30) days from first use, you will not use or test
the program and software, unless it has been
registered with the LICENSOR in one of the two
following manners:
(a) You can register by filling out the
order blank included in this document and send with
proper payment to:
PC Micro Systems, Inc.
1879 Campbell Ave.
Thousand Oaks, CA. 91360
(b) You can also register on our web
site at https://pcmicro.com/doorway/order using a
credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or
American Express)
After completing the registration you will be sent
a registration number, which will permit you to
make your demo*version a fully*operational,
registered version. You agree not to defeat the
registration, or to distribute a registered
version of DOORWAY (TM) to anyone. If you have any
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questions or comments, feel free to contact us:
PC Micro Systems (805) 493-8388
sales@pcmicro.com
support@pcmicro.com
(d) Registration of the Program shall
be exclusive to the person or organization
registering said program and software, and you may
not transfer the registered program and software to
or provide copies of the registered program and
software to third parties. The registered program
and software shall be subject to all provisions
and conditions of this agreement.
(e) The specifications of this product
and the terms and conditions of its registration
are subject to change at any time upon the sole and
exclusive discretion of LICENSOR without prior or
future notification to you.
(7) Trademark: DOORWAY (TM) and "Doorway
to Unlimited Doors" (TM) are registered trademarks
of the Licensor. No right, or interest to such
trademarks are granted hereunder, and you agree
that no such right, license, or interest shall be
asserted by you with respect to such trademarks.
(8) Governing Law: This Agreement shall be
construed and governed in accordance with the laws
of the State of Tennessee.
(9) Ambiguity: As partial consideration for
this agreement and use of the Program, you hereby
agree that any ambiguity contained in this
agreement shall be construed most favorably to the
LICENSOR.
(10) Severability: Should any term of this
License Agreement be declared void or unenforceable
by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
declaration shall have no effect on the remaining
terms hereof.
(11) No Waiver: The failure of either party
to enforce any rights granted hereunder or to take
action against the other party in the event of any
breach hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver by
that party as to subsequent enforcement of rights
or subsequent actions in the event of future
breaches.
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(12) Venue and Jurisdiction: You hereby
agree by virtue of this agreement that any and all
actions brought by you against LICENSOR shall be
brought before a Court of competent jurisdiction
in Ventura County, California, and that as between
you and the LICENSOR, this License Agreement shall
be deemed to have been entered into in Ventura
County, California.
(13) Acceptance: You agree to all the terms,
conditions and limitations of this agreement upon
your first use of the program and software covered
hereby.
THIS PROGRAM IS THE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY
PRODUCT OF LICENSOR. ANY UNAUTHORIZED USE,
REPRODUCTION OR TRANSFER OF THIS PROGRAM IS
STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
COPYRIGHT 1987-2006 BY MARSHALL DUDLEY AND PC MICRO
SYSTEMS, INC. SUBJECT TO LIMITED DISTRIBUTION AND
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